There are battles for starting spots throughout the U.S. lineup ahead of Saturday's send-off game against South Korea.
NEW YORK — Many of the most competitive games in women's soccer take place behind closed doors. No refs, no crowds, no television — just 22 of the world's elite players going head to head.
These matches, of course, are the U.S. national team's intrasquad scrimmages.
"It's an interesting dichotomy," defender Meghan Klingenberg told Goal USA. "They're your teammates, and you want to support them and prop them up and make sure they do well. But you're also competing against them for a spot, so those games can become ultracompetitive.